Everyone has a household where some things just aren't said, well I assume. Some of the words are completely unacceptable and some just tetter on the border. We've labeled words like "stupid", "idiot", "moron"...you know, all the things our kids hear us say in Dallas traffic as things that are not to be said. Well, one word in particular has been tettering on the "don't say it" list and that word...yes, you can tell by the title...Diarrhea.
It has evolved into this thing that once just described upset tummies and bad diapers (which in and of itself is disgusting) into this word that has granted them power to embarass us in public to no end. DIARRHEA!!! Charley would say in the middle of Old Navy. Holy Cow! Where did that come from??? Why she said it I have no idea. It's like crying wolf on a whole nother stinky scale! So I have written the word off...scratched it off of the list of words that can be used in public. But don't think that has chained the beast of a word into its cage. If they are granted the chance to use it, they will...like in this scenario (Remember Alexis is 11, Charley is 4 and Zane is 2):
I'm driving the kids somewhere in the van when Alexis is talking about her 2 week summer camp.
Alexis: I'll be sure to keep a note of it in my Diary.
Charley: Ooohhh, Daddy, Alexis said Diarrhea...we don't say Diarrhea...
Zane: Daddy, little sissy just said Diarrhea!
Me: I know, we don't say Diarrhea
Charley: I was just telling Daddy that big sissy said Diarrhea!
Zane: Daddy, little sissy said Diarrhea again
Alexis: I didn't say Diarrhea, I said Diary!
Charley: Sissy did say Diarrhea that time.
Zane: Daddy, sissy said Diarrhea again...we don't say Diarrhea do we?
Dad: No! We don't say Diarrhea! Stop saying Diarrhea!
Charley: I won't say Diarrhea anymore...
Zane: <silence>......Sissy said Diarrhea again
Me: <white knuckled around the steering wheel just looking at them in the kid-view mirror...silent>
Now, they plot secretly on how to use the word again...waiting...for that golden opportunity...silently...stealthfully. Like some kind of Poo-Poo Ninjas.
